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April 23rd 2013:Mobility and Finance: Impact, Trends and the Future

Today’s buzz: Finance on the move.
Mobility could soon change the face of your company’s finance function. The benefits of mobile BI are indeed impressive – faster and cheaper decision-making, improved productivity, enhanced agility, perpetual forecasting, and more. But before you jump on this bandwagon, first plan the smartest route to avoid these potential bumps along the way: data security on mobile devices, device limitations, your current backend infrastructure, and opening your decision process to many more people. Hmmm.
The experts speak.
Surya Mukherjee, Ovum: “Mobile BI sits at

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Featured Guests

Surya Mukherjee

Surya Mukherjee is a Senior Analyst for Ovum’s Information Management team, responsible for the analysis of enterprises’ Business Intelligence technology investment priorities and vendor evaluations. He is also a public speaker on BI and Data Warehousing infrastructure. Prior to joining Ovum, Surya worked as a strategy analyst with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, the global consulting and auditing company. His experience in working with various areas of enterprise IT – software, hardware, and services – helps him present a 360 degree view to customers. In his free time, Surya teaches corporate finance in local business schools and practices the ancient martial art of Taekwondo.

Richard Barrett

Richard Barrett, writer and commentator on finance, technology and business, writes the bi-weekly CFOKnowledge and tweets at @CFOKnowledge. One of the very first MBA graduates in the UK, he has enjoyed a varied career in sportswear, express delivery, insurance, and finally software. A sales and marketing professional by training, Richard’s business life has been mainly spent helping entrepreneurs build their companies and realize their value. His last position was an SVP of Global Marketing for ALG Software; the company was sold to BusinessObjects, which was then acquired by SAP in 2009. Richard has written publications and run master classes for the UK’s Chartered Institute of Management Ac

Akash Agarwal

Akash Agarwal leads all business development and indirect sales efforts for SAP’s Mobile Business Unit. He is a veteran business executive in high technology with over 20 years of experience spanning general management, marketing, product development, strategy, and sales. His experience is in the mobile, enterprise and consumer Internet, at both small and large companies. Akash has been an entrepreneur, founding and running several venture-backed Internet startups, and in management at HP (via Mercury acquisition) and Oracle Corporation.